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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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