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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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