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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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