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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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