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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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