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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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