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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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