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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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