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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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