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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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