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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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