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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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