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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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