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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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