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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. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates 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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