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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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