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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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