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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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