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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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