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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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