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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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