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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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