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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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