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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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