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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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