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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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