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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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