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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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