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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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