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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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