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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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