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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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