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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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