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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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