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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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