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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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