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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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