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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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