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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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