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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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