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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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