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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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