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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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