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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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