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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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