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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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