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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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