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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores 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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