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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important 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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