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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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