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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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