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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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