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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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