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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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