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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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