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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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