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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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