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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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