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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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