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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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