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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the 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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