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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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