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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses 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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