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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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