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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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