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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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