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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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