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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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