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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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