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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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