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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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