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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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