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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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