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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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