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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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