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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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