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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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