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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major 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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