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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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