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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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