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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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