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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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