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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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