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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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