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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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