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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not 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 institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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