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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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