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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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