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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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