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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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