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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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