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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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