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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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