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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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