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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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