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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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