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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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