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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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