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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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