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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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