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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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