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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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