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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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