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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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