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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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