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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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