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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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