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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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