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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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