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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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