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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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