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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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