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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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