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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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