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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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