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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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