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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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