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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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