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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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