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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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