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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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