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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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