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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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