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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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