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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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