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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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