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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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