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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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