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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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