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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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