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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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