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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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