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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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