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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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