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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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