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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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