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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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