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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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