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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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