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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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