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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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