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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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