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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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