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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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