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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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