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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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