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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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