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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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