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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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