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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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