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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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