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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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