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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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