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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping 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 definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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