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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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