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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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