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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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