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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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