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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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