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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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