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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)