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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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