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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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