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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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