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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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