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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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