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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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