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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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