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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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