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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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