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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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