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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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