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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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