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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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