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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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