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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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