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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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