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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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