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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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