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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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