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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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