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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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