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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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