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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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