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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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