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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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