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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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