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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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