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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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