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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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