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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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