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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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