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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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