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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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