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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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