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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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