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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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