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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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