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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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