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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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