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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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