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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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