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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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