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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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