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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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