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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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