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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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