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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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