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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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