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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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