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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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