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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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