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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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