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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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