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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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