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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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