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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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