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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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