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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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