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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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