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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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