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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free 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 distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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