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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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