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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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