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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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