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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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