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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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