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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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