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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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