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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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