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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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