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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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