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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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