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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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