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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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