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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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