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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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