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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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