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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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