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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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