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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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