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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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