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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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