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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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