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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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