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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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