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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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