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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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