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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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