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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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