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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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