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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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