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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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