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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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