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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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