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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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