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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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