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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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