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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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