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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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