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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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