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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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