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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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