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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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