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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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