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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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