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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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