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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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