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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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