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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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