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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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