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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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