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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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