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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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