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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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