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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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