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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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