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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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