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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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