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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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