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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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