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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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