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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major 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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