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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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