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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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