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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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