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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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