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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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