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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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