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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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