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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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