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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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