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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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