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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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