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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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