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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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