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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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