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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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