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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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