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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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