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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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