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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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