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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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