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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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