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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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