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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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