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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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