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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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