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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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