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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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