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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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