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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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