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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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