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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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