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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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