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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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