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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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