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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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