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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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