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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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