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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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