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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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