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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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