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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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