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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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