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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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