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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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