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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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