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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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