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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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