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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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