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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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