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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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