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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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