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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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