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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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