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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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