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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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