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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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