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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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