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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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