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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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