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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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