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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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