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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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