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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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