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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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