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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the 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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