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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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