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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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