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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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