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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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