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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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