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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important 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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