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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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