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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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