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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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