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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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