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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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