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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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