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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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