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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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