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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key 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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