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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the 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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