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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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