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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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