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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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