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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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