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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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