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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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