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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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