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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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