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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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