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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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