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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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