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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies 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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