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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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