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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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