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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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