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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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