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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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