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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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