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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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