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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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