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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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