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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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