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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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