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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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