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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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