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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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