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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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