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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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