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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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