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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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