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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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