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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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