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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important 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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