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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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