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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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