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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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