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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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