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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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