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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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