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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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