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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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