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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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