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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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