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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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