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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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