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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines 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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