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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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