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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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