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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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