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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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