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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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