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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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