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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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