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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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