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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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