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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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