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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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