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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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