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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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