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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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