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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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