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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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