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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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