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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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