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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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