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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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