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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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