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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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