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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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