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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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