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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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