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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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