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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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