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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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