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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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