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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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