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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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