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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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