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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources