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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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