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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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