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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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