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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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