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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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