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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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