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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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