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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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