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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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