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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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