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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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