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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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