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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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