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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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