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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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