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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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