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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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