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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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