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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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