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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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