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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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