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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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