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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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