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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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