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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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