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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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