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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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