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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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