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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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