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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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