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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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