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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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