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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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