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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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