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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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