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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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