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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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