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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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