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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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