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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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