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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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