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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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