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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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