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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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