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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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