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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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