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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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