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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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