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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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