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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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