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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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