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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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