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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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