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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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