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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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