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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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