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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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