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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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