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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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