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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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