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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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