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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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