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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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