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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)