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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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