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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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