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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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