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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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