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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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